Captain America (1990)

Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle against archcriminal The Red Skull.

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writers:

Joe Simon (characters), Jack Kirby (characters)

Stars:

Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Salinger	...	Steve Rogers / Captain America
Ronny Cox	...	Tom Kimball
Ned Beatty	...	Sam Kolawetz
Darren McGavin	...	General Fleming
Michael Nouri	...	Lt. Colonel Louis
Scott Paulin	...	The Red Skull / Army Doctor
Kim Gillingham	...	Bernice Stewart / Sharon
Melinda Dillon	...	Mrs. Rogers
Bill Mumy	...	Young General Fleming
Francesca Neri	...	Valentina de Santis
Carla Cassola	...	Dr. Maria Vaselli
Massimilio Massimi	...	Tadzio de Santis
Wayde Preston	...	Jack
Norbert Weisser	...	Alaskan Surveyor
Garette Ratliff Henson	...	Young Tom Kimball (as Garette Ratliff)

Storyline

During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America." Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1936 | year 1943 | year 1993 | rat | abduction | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | War

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA Yugoslavia

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 1990 (UK)

Also Known As:

Captain America: Director's Cut

Filming Locations:

Yugoslavia

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

21st Century Film Corporation, Marvel Enterprises, Jadran Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min 124 min (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the "Spokesman" review on February 19, 1986, Marlon Brando was scheduled to appear in the film as the Red Skull when Michael Winner was to be director. However, Winner admitted that he didn't talk to Brando about the project.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 12 mins) When Steve Rogers and Sharon fall from their bike into the sea, the stunt woman playing Sharon's skirt flies up revealing a bathing suit.

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Quotes

Sam Kolawetz: You see, I have got proof that this Red Skull guy was closely involved in the murders of Robert Kennedy, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King...
[glances at Captain America's baffled face]
Sam Kolawetz: Jesus, you don't even know who I'm talking about do ya?

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Crazy Credits

Please support the environmental protection act of 1990

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Alternate Versions

Prior to the video release, a pirated copy of Captain America was available which had three extra scenes not included in the final cut:

• There is additional dialogue between Steve Rogers and Bernie at the docks before Steve is sent off on his secret mission.
• After Captain America parachutes down into Nazi territory, he lands in the forest and is met by two Ally spies, a male and a female, who proceed to show him the way to the enemy base. They are ambushed by Nazis, who kill the two spies before Cap finishes them all off. Cap then holds the dying female spy in his arms and is reminded of his girlfriend, Bernie, back in the United States.
• There is an additional scene which explores the character of the Red Skull more, and it attempts to make him look much more like a tragic figure, haunted by his painful past. In the 1990's, as Steve Rogers is reviewing the deaths of Martin Luther King and John Kennedy and realizing that the Red Skull is to blame, the Red Skull is shown weeping over the piano seen at the end of the film, re-living the visitation of the Italian army storming into his house, shooting his family, and kidnapping him for their experiments. This scene shows that the Red Skull genuinely hates who he has become.

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Connections

Featured in The Know's Top 10s: Top 10 WORST Comic Book Movies (2018)

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Soundtracks

Chopin Prelude
Written by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Margie Balter

User Reviews

For fanboys and girls only.

First of all, who knew that famed reclusive J.D. Salinger even had a son, let alone a B-Movie actor son? That's right, the actor who plays Steve Rogers/Capt. America is Matt Salinger, son of the aforementioned author of "Catcher in the Rye". About the movie though. I wouldn't rate this as a horrible movie, but it sure wasn't good. Salinger did an OK job as the Cap but his acting prowess wasn't quite good enough to pull off the 50's guy coping with the 90's lifestyle the script called for. And the Red Skull? How do you mess that up?! He's one of the scariest freaking villains in all of comicdom, how could you go wrong? Oh, buy making him a Caucasian Greek mob boss, that's how. I would only recommend this film to die hard fans of the cap or true movie geeks. I happen to be both so I made myself find some good qualities (but it was really, really hard).

As for those of you who share my affinity for comics and bad movies but can't seem to get their hands on this gem, I can only tell you that it's been out of print for more than a decade now and your best bet is to find it at the next comic con in your area or at a flea market that sells bootleg tapes (ditto that for the Fantastic Four movie from '94).